FAS Research Administration Services

Summary of May 20, 2011 RAS Friday

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Announcements & Updates: Personnel updates, SALC updates, Systems updates, Research Development updates, Other: Effort Reporting, RANG, Education/Outreach updates.

Introduction of Melanie Sinche, Director of the FAS Office for Postdoctoral Affairs

RAS Organizational Changes

OSP Post-Award Internal Review Enhancement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Announcements & Updates:

1. FAS Personnel updates

Please welcome our new RAS Friday attendees from OSP, SEAS, and MCB:

  • Marina Doktor (OSP) -- Department Administrator
  • Susan Jones (SEAS) -- Director of Procurement and Payables
  • Michelle Pense (MCB) -- Portfolio Manager

2. SALC updates

The Sponsored Administration Leadership Committee clarifies and revises university-wide sponsored research policies. Recent points of focus for the SALC include:

Please contact Melissa Siegel with any questions.

3. Systems updates

A software release to the Oracle Financial Applications, known as a "FINDINI release", is done every two to four months. Each upgrade introduces needed bug fixes, enhancements, and technical upgrades into Harvard's financial systems. Generally, releases are performed on weekends to assure maximum availability during the business week. Most outages occur from 6 pm Friday evening-6 am Monday morning.

The next FINDINI release, 3.2.14, is tentatively scheduled for the weekend of June 17-20, 2011.

4. Research Development update for Life and Physical Sciences

    1. Junior Faculty training initiative meetings will begin in June. Program rollout is planned for October.
    2. Applications for the Smith Biomedical Competition are due June 15th.
    3. The Community of Science (COS) database training was held last Wednesday, May 11th, with 40 trainees in attendance over 2 sessions. This workshop developed the capacity for using COS in departments.

5. Other FAS updates:

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Introduction of Melanie Sinche, Director of the FAS Office for Postdoctoral Affairs

Pat Fitzgerald, FAS RAS -- Associate Dean for Research Administration

The FAS Office of Postdoctoral Affairs serves all postdoctoral scholars within FAS and SEAS. The office's mission is three-fold:

  • To assist postdoctoral scholars with career and professional development needs
  • To serve as a resource to the larger campus community
  • To build a sense of community among Harvard postdoctoral scholars

The Office of Postdoctoral Affars offers career and professional development programs, individual career counseling appointments, orientation programs, interaction with postdoc community via email, listserv, website, social media, and small group discussion, and a postdoc alumni/ae database.

Contact Melanie Sinche with questions and warm welcomes.

 

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RAS Organizational Changes

Pat Fitzgerald, FAS RAS -- Associate Dean for Research Administration

Research Administration Services has a new organizational structure and an updated RAS Org Chart to match! RAS plans to add an Assistant Dean for Research Administration to oversee Pre-Award functions of the office; the position has been posted on ASPIRE with requisition #23750BR.

Please contact Pat Fitzgerald with questions or comments.

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OSP Post-Award Internal Review Enhancement

Rachel Cahoon, OSP -- Sponsored Programs Officer and Manager, Physical and Social Sciences

Min Xiao, OSP -- Sponsored Programs Officer and Manager, Life Sciences and Education

OSP is updating their internal review process. Historically, OSP has reviewed all awards annually, even when annual reports are not required by a sponsor. These annual reviews will now be replaced by a single review 6 months prior to award end date. This new review will not replace OSP's final review.

Contact Rachel Cahoon with questions.

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